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The historic clemency power of the U.S. President, set forth in Article II of the Constitution and interpreted by the Supreme Court to have few restrictions, has long been the subject of controversy and debate. From George Washington’s pardon of participants in the Whiskey Rebellion to Gerald Ford’s

Although the American Society of Criminology was cancelled this year, UC Press invites you to explore our groundbreaking books that facilitate teaching across disciplines. To request an exam copy, click on “Request an Exam or Desk Copy” on the book page, and this will take you to our distributor's s

by Leigh Goodmark, author of Decriminalizing Domestic Violence: A Balanced Policy Approach to Intimate Partner ViolenceIf you had told me 25 years ago that I would eventually call myself a prison abolitionist, I would have called you crazy.In 1995, I was a brand-new lawyer representing victi

The current issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter explores recent developments in sentencing reform, including a set of commentaries emerging from Columbia University and the Aleph Institute’s June 2019 ‘‘Rewriting the Sentence’’ conference, which convened over 350 legislative leaders, judges, pr